Sewing machine needle



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Patented Sept. 8, 1942 pairs srarss eA'rr orrics 2,295,193 SEWING MACHINE NEEDLE James W. Alexander, Bozeman Mont. Application August 2, 1940, SeriafNo. 349,502

2 Claims.

This invention relates to sewing machine needles, the primary object of the invention being to provide a sewing machine needle constructed in such a way that the thread used with the needle, may be readily and easily directed to the eye of the needle, to thread the needle.

An important object of the invention is to provide a sewing machine needle embodying a slot leading to the eye of the needle, and a hook at the upper end of the slot, whereby a thread positioned over the hook may be directed to the slot and finally directed to the eye of the needle, by merely pulling the free end of the thread downwardly, towards the needle eye.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter desciibed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a needle constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view showing the thread to be used with the needle, as positioned over the hook at th upper end of the slot of the needle.

Figure 4 is a rear elevational view thereof,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a front elevational view showing the position of the thread after it has been positioned over the hook, and drawn towards the eye.

Figure 7 is a rear elevational view thereof.

Figure 8 is a View illustrating the movement of the free end of the thread in dotted lines, as moved through the slot just prior to the threading of the needle.

Referring to the drawing in detail, th body is indicated generally by the reference character 5, the shank portion 5 of the needle adapted to be extended into the usual needle socket of a sewing machine.

The eye of the needle is indicated by the reference character 1, and is disposed adjacent to the pointed end 8 thereof.

A groove indicated by the reference character 9, extends from a point adjacent to the lower end of the shank, terminating at the eye 1.

" shown by Figure 3 of Adjacent to the upper end of the groove 9, is an opening In in which the hook member II is positioned, the hook member ll extending outwardly beyond the side of the needle in which the groove 9 is formed. The lower end of the shank 6 is beveled as at l2, and cooperates with the inclined edge l3 of the hook II in guiding the thread to be threaded, through the eye of the needle. 7

The body portion of the needle is split from a point adjacent to the opening If], and the split portion extends to the eye 1.

As clearly shown by Figure 5 of the drawing, the split portion of the needle is so constructed that one side of the split is concaved, to receive the curved edge It of the adjacent portion of the needle.

As shown by Figure 8 of the drawing, the hook II is of a length to extend to the rear edge of the needle.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shown and described, a thread to be threaded through the eye of the needle, may be positioned over the hook in a manner as the drawing, with an apprefree end of the thread B, The run of the thread A,

ciable length of the beyond the needle.

which is the portion needle and spool is pulled downwardly. As the portion A is pulled downwardly the inclined edge of the hook, feeds the thread rearwardly into the split portion of the body portion of the needle.

Upon further movement of the portion A of the thread towards the eye of the needle, the thread will be held between the curved edge l4 and concave surface 01' the adjacent section of the needle, preventing the thread from being pulled directly through the needle. As the thread is fed downwardly, the thread finally passes into the eye of the needle, threading the needle.

What is claimed is:

1. In a sewing machine needle, a body portion having an eye at one end thereof, a shank at the opposite end of the body portion, said body portion having an opening adjacent to the shank, the body portion being split from the opening to the eye, an upwardly and outwardly inclined hook secured within the opening and spaced from the walls of the opening, and over which a thread used to thread the needle is positioned, and said hook adapted to direct the thread through the split portion to the eye when the thread is pulled downwardly through the split portion of the needle.

2. In' a sewing machine needle, a body portion of the thread between the having an eye at one end thereof, a shank at the inclined, and over which a thread used to thread opposite end of the body portion, said body porthe needle is positioned, and said hook adapted to tion having an opening adjacent to the shank, direct the thread through the split portion to the said body portion being split from the opening to eye, when the thread is pulled downwardly the eye, an upwardly inclined hook secured with- 5 through the split portion of the needle.

in the opening and spaced from the walls of the opening, the upper edge of the hook being JAMES W, ALEXANDER. 

